Now, Hearn has said that he hopes Fury doesn't commit to a rematch clause in their second fight, mainly for how it would stop a unification match from taking place with Anthony Joshua in 2019.

"I pray that Fury doesn't commit to a rematch because he doesn't have to in the purse bid," he said (via the Independent). "If he does that, he's mad because it will kill the Joshua fight should he win.

"In that respect, it's better for us if Wilder wins the rematch, especially if Joshua fights Miller in America in June. That starts making the $50m offer that Wilder made Joshua [last year] look like peanuts.

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"AJ against Wilder last September might have done 300-400,000 pay-per-view buys in the States. Now it does over a million.

"Part of that is down to Wilder and we give him that respect, now it's down to what we do over there to amplify that."

Wilder, who holds the WBC Heavyweight Championship, has recently expressed his desire for a unification match to take place before the end of 2019.

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